Today's Clips (5/12/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The cancellation of college and professional sports across the state has impacted fans, stadium employees, nearby businesses, and others, but it might be

CORONAVIRUS

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether schools should adopt a policy of universal “credit/no credit” this semester — and more.

Beginning Monday, hundreds of thousands of high school students sat down and took Advanced Placement exams with the hopes of proving mastery of a range of academic subjects.

Oklahoma City University gave students a graduation experience during the pandemic only for the ceremony to be infiltrated by racist hackers in the latest instance of a school-related “Zoombombing.”

'Going test-optional is not some leap into the unknown where we discard one inequitable system for another,' she writes.

The UC Board of Regents will review admission testing policies this month.

An Emory University student has filed a class action lawsuit against the school

Like a growing number of schools across the state and nation, the private Quaker college said it intends to offer on-campus and in-person instruction this fall.

No one knows what the university experience will look like in the fall, but millions of college students are having to decide this month whether it will be worth the price tag.

As the possibility that college campuses may not be able to reopen this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic grows, Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education.

Northwestern University forecast a $90 million budget shortfall due to the coronavirus pandemic and said it will tap more money from its endowment and furlough about 250 staff members.

IN OTHER NEWS

The outgoing chancellor’s career has had some high highs and some low lows. But the memory that yields a flood of tears may surprise you.

In addition to coronavirus, the board has dealt with the Silent Sam Confederate monument settlement and an investigation into the former ECU interim chancellor.

TRADES

The option of students returning to campus in the fall is not viable, regardless of the economic implications, argues William G. Tierney.

The Department of Education's new regulation says colleges aren't responsible for sexual assault or harassment that takes place in study abroad programs or in private, off-campus settings.

Colleges try to recreate the pomp to help the Class of 2020 briefly forget the circumstance that tarnished their senior year.

The University of California at San Diego proposes to take “widespread testing” to a whole new level. Is this what every campus will have to do?

In another measure of the massive economic toll of the pandemic on higher education, the shutdowns have been devastating to the college towns.

Archive available here: davidson-clips.ongoodbits.com
*|LIST:ADDRESS|*
Unsubscribe | View in browser